- Original Release: 1996
- Developer: Simon & Schuster
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Platform: PC
This is an interactive movie game, where you watch clips before being presented with a choice. Where you click on (or choosing not to click) will either end the game or let you proceed.
This is presented as a holonovel made by Gowron (Robert O’Reilly), where he wants to teach weaklings about how to be a true Klingon so you can be a worthy opponent. In the holonovel, you take the place as a Klingon boy on his Rite of Ascension when his father stops an assassination attempt on Gowron. You then embark on a journey to find out who is behind everything.
The game aspect of this is quite poor, as all but the right option lead to someone shouting at you and the game resetting to just before – the Borg game is much more creative in terms of using the interactive movie mechanic. The story, however, is interesting with some fun moments. It’s a good insight into Klingon culture. On YouTube, there are two ways of watching this: if you want to enjoy the story, you can watch the “correct path” version, which turns it into a fun Klingon episode of Star Trek. You can also watch a version with all the failure clips, with lots of wonderful overacting.
Where to get
How to play Star Trek: Klingon on Windows 11
The Collection Chamber download includes a Windows 3.1 virtual machine fully configured to run the game. Press Ctrl+F4 to change discs when needed.
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I watched a video of someone playing thru this one time, its hysterical. Robert O’Reilly and all these guys did a fantastic job with it it’s genuinely so much fun
Kinda reminds me of the Star Trek: The Next Generation board game, where players had to stop a Klingon takeover of NCC1701-D. At various points, the enclosed VCR tape would stop to let a Klingon warrior (Robert O’Reilly, aka Gowron himself) bark out orders and insults.
The scene with the Pakleds was hilarious. Gowron definitely knows how to talk his way into getting what he wants. Which is why I guess he made a great politician.
I would mess up just to have Gowron yell at me and see how many mistakes in a row it would take before he lost all patience with this human.
Not all the mistakes were bad. At one point when you pick your station on the BoP you can try to take tactical. The officer shows you how the controls work before shoving you away. This helps later when Gowron asks you to lower a tractor beam. You know which button to press.
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